Whirlpool ET20GM manual Meat, Fish, Main, Dairy, Eggs, Baked

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick- freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more unfrozen food into the freezer than will freeze within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough space for air to circulate around pack- ages. Be careful to leave enough room at the front so the door can close tightly.

FOOD STORAGE CHART

Storage times* will vary according to the qual-

ity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof), and the stor- age temperature which should be 0 ‘F( -17.8 C].

Food								Storage		Time
FRUITS
Fruit	juice		concentrate				........		12 months
Commercially						frozen	fruit	.....	12 months
Citrus		fruit		and		juices	......	4 to	6 months
Others		....................						8 to	12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially						frozen	..........		8 months
Home		frozen			..............			8 to	12 months
MEAT
Bacon		....................						4 weeks		or	less
Corned		beef				.............		4 weeks		or	less
(Salting		meat				shortens	freezer life)
Frankfurters..						...................				lmonth
Ground		beef,				lamb, veal		... 2 to	3 months
Roasts:
Beef		....................						6to12months
lamb		and			veal			6 to	9 months
Pork		.....................						4to8months
Sausage,			fresh			.............		1 to	2 months
Steaks		and			chops:
Beef		....................						8to12months
lamb,		veal,				pork		3 to	4 months
FISH
Cod,	flounder,					haddock
sole		.........................							6months
Blue	fish,		salmon					2 to	3 months
Mackerel,				perch				2 to	3 months
Breaded			fish		(purchased).			.....	3 months
Clams,		oysters,				cooked
fish,		crab,			scallops			3 to	4	months
Alaskan		king				crab			10 months
Shrimp,		uncooked							12 months
POULTRY
Chicken		or		turkey,
whole		or		parts					12 months
Duck		..........................							6months
Giblets		....................						2to3months
Cooked		poultry				w/gravy		.......	6 months
SliCeS (no			gravy)							1 month
MAIN	DISHES
Stews;		meat,			poultry
and		fish		casserole				2 to	3 months
TV dinners				.................				3 to	6 months

Food					Storage		Time
DAIRY	PRODUCTS
Butter	......................				6 to	9 months
Margarine		.....................			12		months
Cheese:
Camembert,			Mozzarella,
farmer’s		....................				3 months
Creamed		cottage		......	DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,		Edam,		Gouda,
Swiss,		brick,	etc		6 to	8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream,		ice	milk,	sherbet	.....	2 months
EGGS
Whole	(mixed]		.................		12 months
Whites					12 months
Yolks	...........................				12 months

:Add sugar or salt to yolks or-whole mixed eggs]

BAKED	GOODS
Yeast	breads		and rolls		3	months
Baked	Brown		‘N Serve rolls		3	months
Unbaked		breads				1 month
Quick	breads		..............	2 to	3	months
Cakes,	unfrosted			2 to	4	months
Cakes,	frosted		............	8 to	12	months
Fruit cakes		...	,		12	months
Cookie	dough		..................		3	months
Baked	cookies		............	8 to	12	months
Baked	pies			1 to	2	months
Pie dough		only	.............	4 to	6	months

‘Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative Extension Service suggested storage times.

If electricity goes off

Cull the power company Ask how long power will be off

1.If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less, keep both doors closed This will help frozen foods to stay frozen

2.If service IS to be interrupted longer than 24 hours:

[a)Remove all frozen food and store in a frozen food locker Or.

(b)Place 2 Ibs (0 9 kg] of dry Ice in freezer for every cu. ft of freezer space. Thuswill keep frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to protect your hands from dry ice burns.

(c)If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is available, use or can perishable food at once.

3.A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold longer than a freezer full of baked goods If food contains ice crystals, it may be safely refrozen, although the quality and flavor may be affected. Use refrozen foods quickly. If the condition of the food is poor or If you feel it IS unsafe, dispose of it.